It's All About Performance?
 

My bike list should tell you what I think about modern road bikes, but I loved this video.

Dang, that brings me back. That video is 15 years old.

So, nearly C&V. :thumb:

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Nice to see some C&V references, such as Eddy. There's a reference to Lance too.... was this before his TdF wins were taken back?

The little touches, like the back-up singers/pumpers, are fun too. :)

Steve in Peoria

Yeah, I think this was in 2009 (When Raleigh was still making top-notch carbon road bikes!) Yes, I was glad to see his reference to Eddy Mercyx. Especially since it was a totally favorable one. The "pumping squad" was brilliant. The woman on far left is in some of Robin's other videos. She is a sparkler. I also like how he tried to show the resultant fatigue from riding an aluminum frame.

Funny,.... as long as the red Bottecchia fixie hasn't been drewed.


But for me it has always been about the sweetness of keeping the rubber side down and the never-ending wonderment of rolling wheels.
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Funny enough to watch twice.

And just to be clear, ... sometimes sweetness and wonderment are not enough to satisfy all of an old man's future expectations.

It's all about Performance, I pump my tires and oil my chain
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With the bestest race bikes from every manufacturer topping $10-$12,000 (without a $5,000 wheelset) .... it is still Funny, even at a measly $5k.

Needs a new update for electronics and Strava, et al. And Tadej is the new Pack Boss.
¿Boss? Self confident in white. Or Pink. Or Yellow. Or World Champ stripes.
Someone else pumps his tires and oils his chain.
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As @gugie has informed me, this is the real performance video:

Take your cycling performance, without the 'tude, to new heights......:roflmao2:




Atlas: the Sikorsky prize-winning design — Aerovelo

Surf, maybe those 126 people know something you don't? You don't have to be miserable.

Maybe I'm opening a can-of-worms here, but what is it that you don't like about modern road bikes?

I started riding in about 1987 and while I still own some steel road bikes from that era for the nostalgia, my daily driver is a modern road bike that is better in every way as far as I'm concerned.

Performance? Man did you see that guy's stem? What a poserrrrrr.

Video seem ripe for a redo, except now with electronic shifting, disc brakes, wider tires, tubeless, aero wheels, etc. looking down at those still riding full mechanical rim brake road bikes with 23mm-25mm tires.

That and the fact that he doesn't appear to be wearing bibs!

Thanks for this one. I went looking for it yesterday after seeing the "Performance" video again and couldn't find it. it's better than the Portlandia bike content, I think.

As soon as I saw the title I knew what this post was going to be about. Interesting to think that the bike setting is telling audience about how modern they are will be considered vintage in a short amount of time.

^^^ Posted in C&V = Might as well have a chainstay protector (on your 'modern' bike) that says = Your bike sucks.

You wouldn't be that smilin worm,... now, would ya?
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To some riders I know, only watts, weight and speed matters.